Should I quit using Ifconfig?
- by Zhen
With the servers that mount Infiniband cards, when I use the ifconfig command I have the warning:
Ifconfig uses the ioctl access method to get the full address
information, which limits hardware addresses to 8 bytes.
Because Infiniband address has 20 bytes, only the first 8 bytes
are displayed correctly.
Ifconfig is obsolete! For replacement check ip.
Should I quit using ifconfig? It is deprecated in favor of ip command? Or it will be update in the near future.